Crab Burrows References


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Curran, H.A., 1984. Ichnology of Pleistocene carbonates on San Salvador, Bahamas. Journal of Paleontology, v. 58, n. 2, p. 312-321.

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Dos Santos, C.M.H., Pinheiro, M.A.A., Hatori, G.Y., 2009. Orientation and external morphology of burrows of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Crustacea: Brachyura: Ucididae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 89, n. 6, p. 1117-1123. doi: 10.1017/S0025315409000502

Dugan, J.E., Hubbard, D.M., Lastra, M., 2000. Burrowing abilities and swash behavior of three crabs, Emerita analoga Stimpson, Blepharipoda occidentalis Randall, and Lepidopa californica Efford (Anomura, Hippoidea), of exposed sandy beaches. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, v. 255, n. 2, p. 229-245. doi: 10.1016/S0022-0981(00)00294-X

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Frey, R.W., Pemberton, S.G., 1987. The Psilonichnus ichnoceoenose, and its relationship to adjacent marine and nonmarine ichnocoenoses along the Georgia coast. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, v. 35, n. 3, p. 333-357.

Genoni, G.P., 1991. Increased burrowing by fiddler crabs Uca rapax (Smith) (Decapoda: Ocypodidae) in response to low food supply. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, v. 147, n. 2, p. 267-285. doi: 10.1016/0022-0981(91)90186-Z

Gherardi, F., Russo, S., Anyona, D., 1999. Burrow-orientated activity in the ocypodid crab, Dotilla fenestrata, living in a mangrove swamp. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 79, n. 2, p. 281-293. doi: 10.1017/S0025315498000319

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Hill, G.W., Hunter, R.E., 1973. Burrows of the ghost crab Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius) on the Barrier Islands, South-Central Texas coast. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 43, n. 1, p. 24-30.

Hill, G.W., 1979. Biogenic sedimentary structures produced by the mole crab Lepidopa websteri Benedict. Texas Journal of Science, v. 31, n. 1, p. 43-51.

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Lim, S.S.L., Yong, A.Y.P., Tantichodok, P., 2011. Comparison of burrow morphology of juvenile and young adult Ocypode ceratophthalmus from Sai Kaew, Thailand. Journal of Crustacean Biology, v. 31, n. 1, p. 59-65. doi: 10.1651/10-3314.1

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McLay, C.L., Osborne, T.A., 1985. Burrowing behavior of the paddle crab Ovalipes catharus (White, 1843) (Brachyura, Portunidae). New Zealand Journal of Marine and freshwater Research, v. 19, n. 2, p. 125-130.

Miller, M.F., 1982. Limulicubichnus: A new ichnogenus of limulid resting traces. Journal of Paleontology, v. 56, n. 2, p. 429-433.

Morrisey, D.J., DeWitt, T.H., Roper, D.S., Williamson, R.B., 1999. Variation in the depth and morphology of burrows of the mud crab Helice crassa among different types of intertidal sediment in new Zealand. Marine Ecology Progress Series, v. 182, p. 231-242. doi: 10.3354/meps182231

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Powers, L.W., 1976. The fiddler crab burrow: a study in behavioural ecology. Dissertation Abtr Int Volume, v. 37, 57 pp.

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